Shots fired near Planned Parenthood

Robert Byrd with the Northwest Indiana Major Crimes Task Force talks to media regarding shooting near Planned Parenthood in Merrillville.

Police: M'ville officer shot attacker

MERRILLVILLE | An off-duty Merrillville officer shot a truck driver Monday afternoon after the driver attacked the officer outside Planned Parenthood in the 8600 block of Connecticut Street, police said.

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President Barack Obama said he wanted to do what he could to save even one child during the gun control debate. He has a change of heart when it comes to abortion.

Jericho March draws abortion foes to M'ville Planned Parenthood office

Some of the demonstrators who marched outside the Planned Parenthood office Saturday in Merrillville carry signs stating their opposition to abortion.

Jericho March draws abortion foes to M'ville Planned Parenthood office

A Knights of Columbus member reads from the Bible before demonstators begin their march around Planned Parenthood in Merrillville in an effort to stop abortions.

BRIAN HOWEY: Pro life movement an Indiana political juggernaut

INDIANAPOLIS | In the past 40 years, there have been 55 million abortions in the United States. With Indiana at 2.1 percent of the U.S. population, the math produces a startling statistic: Approximately 1 million Hoosiers didn’t make it into the population.

BRIAN HOWEY: Pence comes to office with humility, open door

Just minutes after he sat down in my office on Wednesday to talk about his incoming administration, Gov.-elect Mike Pence hit on the very subject I had been thinking about.

BRIAN HOWEY: An unprecedented pro-life power alignment with Pence

For evangelical Republicans, the apex of political power and influence is within their grasp.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Don't let politics harm women's health

This is it, two days to Election Day. We've heard a lot about why our vote is so important this election season. It’s time to make it personal and talk to family, friends, and neighbors about voting.

Election winners will face tough choices on major issues

Anti-abortion supporters march around the Planned Parenthood clinic in Merrillville last weekend. Social issues like abortion will be discussed at many levels of government in the coming months.

Viewing care mandate through a different lens

Proponents of a federal requirement giving women more access to contraception say the rule isn't unconstitutional and already has been revised to take into account the views of religious groups.

Clergy-led rally stokes attack on health care mandate

Michael Velasco, pro-life director of the Indiana Knights of Columbus, speaks to anti-abortion supporters at a Crown Point rally at the Lake County Government Center.

Clergy-led rally stokes attack on health care mandate

Scores of anti-abortion supporters attend a rally Saturday at the Lake County Government Center in Crown Point.

Clergy-led rally stokes attack on health care mandate

Lake County Right to Life vice president Cy Huerter speaks Saturday to anti-abortion supporters at a Crown Point rally at the Lake County Government Center.

EDITORIAL: We endorse Zoeller for attorney general

Hoosier voters face two choices in the attorney general's race this fall — Republican Greg Zoeller and Democrat Kay Fleming. Zoeller is the better choice.

Pence stays quiet on social issues

INDIANAPOLIS | When Republicans were on the verge of winning a U.S. House majority in 2010 on a platform of reducing government spending, six-term Congressman Mike Pence insisted the party not abandon its traditional focus on social issues.

YOUNG VOICES: GOP's goals invading Americans' private lives

It has come to my attention that the Republican Party has a few main goals, none of which involves the economy.

Letter writer's mistakes prove my column's point

Jennifer Klug’s June 3 letter managed to commit at least seven errors in the space of 130 words. The letter writer forgets that the job of the Indiana attorney general by law is to defend the state statutes the Legislature passes from lawsuits plaintiffs file.

Pence not conservative but 'radical,' warns former Congressman

INDIANAPOLIS | A former Indiana Congressman who served eight years alongside U.S. Rep. Mike Pence believes the Republican candidate for governor will enact "radical" social policies if he's elected.